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I would like to become a clinical field specialist for a medical device or product. I would also consider being a medical device salesperson. What is the best way to get started? I have over four years experience as a NICU nurse. I have not yet h...

Difficult to say because nursing salaries vary completely by where you are based in the country. I know as a travel nurse, nurses in the Southeast make very low salaries (unfortunately) while nurses in California make some of the highest salaries. ...

Good luck to you! It was also my dream to start in NICU nursing, which I was very lucky to get the opportunity to get a coveted NICU residency slot when I graduated. I think your answer was a good start: Experience with rapid change in patient stat...

One year later and here is my follow up: I finally did secure a job in the medical device industry. Here was my experience: I applied to about 50 different jobs utilizing job search engines: Indeed, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, exc. One job I was particular...

Hi I'm a 25 year old single RN in Hawaii. I work in NICU at Kapiolani. I love it here and will probably be out here for the next 8 months. But I would love to have some friends to go to the beach with! Let me know if you get a job out here!

I was happy with Parallon. Just keep in mind Parallon can only staff HCA hospitals. So if you want to work in Texas where they have a lot of HCA hospitals this will be great. This is the best way to go if you want to work at HCA because you will g...

I recommend checking out the traveltax.com This guy was a travel RT/accountant and can do your taxes, answer questions and there are also helpful worksheets for figuring out deductions. I am not good at accounting so this was an easier solution for ...

There are hundreds of agencies out there. I would just would NOT recommend TaleMed. A company which no one is heard of, but was very highly rated by Highway hypodermics. That was why I applied with them. But I had to haggle with them to get my pa...

I am from AZ and had 2 years experience before starting my career as a traveler in Texas. I agree with the post by nusretaminator and think it is accurate description of what you might find in Texas. I did 1.5 contracts in Dallas and then a contrac...

I am from AZ and had 2 years experience before starting my career as a traveler in Texas. I agree with this post and think it is accurate description of what you might find in Texas. I did 1.5 contracts in Dallas and then a contract in Austin. I e...

Does anyone have any information about travel nursing jobs in downtown Chicago? Most recruiters have told me that it is very rare for there to be open travel nursing jobs in downtown Chicago. Does anyone have any advice for getting a Chicago travel j...

I'm a travel nurse looking to go to Chicago for the summer. Most recruiters have told me that it is very rare for there to be open travel nursing jobs in downtown Chicago. Does anyone have any advice for getting a Chicago travel job? I am also consi...

I am a traveler through Parallon contracted at St. David's North, but I work in the NICU, so my advice may not fully apply to you. I really like working for Parallon and I think my pay is good as is my recruiter. However, I do not like working at t...

TaleMed is terrible. I did my first ever travel assignment through them and would not go with them ever again. My housing was an extended stay hotel that was disgusting, and no one did much to find me better housing, my recruiter did not give me ve...

I am a travel nurse. I don't have experience as an agency/per-diem local nurse. My understanding is that you are considered a "travel nurse" if your tax residence is more than 50 miles away from the hospital. Because you will live far away, usuall...

I'm a traveler, and yes, the pay breakdown is confusing, especially at first. I have another question. I had one company that wanted to pay me $30/hour, but divided it up between $15/hour pay, then $15/stipend, then paid housing was separate (I had...

I just started travel nursing 8 months ago and my first assignment was in Arlington, which is inbetween Dallas and Fort Worth. I'm from Arizona. I applied to several companies but TaleMed was the first company to get me a job (which was difficult b...

I know Stanford has posted positions for travel nurses (about 40 min away from San Fran), but that was for NICU

What hospitals in the VI take travelers and what agencies do they use?

If you are looking for a travel job in Dallas I recommend applying with Parallon. Parallon is a company that specifically staffs HCA hospitals and they will be able to offer you the highest pay rate for their facilities. There are a ton of HCA faci...

I have AZ, CA and I am now working on getting IL. I sent in my application, but I'm waiting to hear back. I'm considering getting a MA license since I'm not sure if I would be able to get a job in IL. Anyone have any advice about Chicago travel or...

As a travel nurse you can only expect to get 2 days orientation tops, and some places only will give you as little as 4 hours. You need to have very strong nursing skills before jumping into that situation (which is why most places won't even look a...

Hi I am a travel nurse with almost 3 years nursing experienced in NICU and 8 months as a travel RN (3 contracts thus far, all in TX). I started initially working with TaleMed (as recommended by Highway Hypodermics) and I had a terrible experience. ...

Hi my name is Jillian and I am looking for the same thing, but for NICU. I am currently a travel RN. I know it is tough to find travel jobs in Chicago, so I was considering agency nursing. I have already applied for my IL license. I would love to...

Wow that is ridiculous! However I shouldn't be that surprised with what a hassle it is to get a license from California. I am licensed in AZ. I applied beginning of September (I got my fingerprint card within 2 weeks, no issue with that). I notice...